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The Captive
Maria Dillon
1894
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Born Maria Lvovna Dillon in Ponevezh in the Russian Empire (today Panevėžys, Lithuania) to a well-to-do family, Maria Dillon studied at the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. Receiving praise and awards for her sculptures, notably Andromeda Chained to the Rock (1888), she continued her studies in Paris and Rome. In 1893, Dillon was featured at the Chicago World’s Fair (Columbian Exposition) Fine Arts Palace, where she became internationally known as the first female Russian sculptor. In addition to allegorical and portrait sculptures, she also produced monumental tombs for Russian elites and casting models for the crafts industry. She was married to art-nouveau painter Fyodor Buchholz.
As I write these words it occurs to me that, since it is the woman who runs the household, she must have wide knowledge and be a good manager. For many centuries our nation ignored women’s education…
I had learned of Louise’s suicide upon my return to Blida, my hometown. Spring had just filled the streets with the insolent beauty of those impassive young women. Violent yet secretive, as in Spain…